1987 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 8 June 1987 by the office of the Governor-General.

The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesSir Ernest Edward Dunlop, For service to Australian prisoners of warThe Right Honourable Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, For service to the law and to the Australian honours systemThe Honourable Mr Justice Leonard James KingFor service to the South Australian Parliament, Government and to the lawHis Excellency Dr John Davis McCaugheyFor service to the Crown, to religion, to learning and to the communityHis Excellency The Honourable Douglas McClellandFor service to the Commonwealth Parliament and GovernmentThe Honourable Mr Justice Gordon Jacob SamuelsFor service to learning, to the community and to the lawHarry Seidler, For service to the advancement of architecture in AustraliaSir William (Joshua) Vines, For service to industry, to commerce and to government

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesDavid Outram AndersonFor service to the secondary industry and commerceTudor Harvey BarnettFor service to the public serviceDr Alfred Dunbavin Butcher, For service to conservation, particularly to the re-development of the Royal Melbourne Zoological GardensProfessor Alexander CambitoglouFor service to archaeology and to international relationsIan Castles, For public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Finance and as Australian StatisticianDr John Hinton Bassett ChristianFor service to science, particularly in the field of microbiologyAugustus Morris CornishFor service to the sport of lawn bowlsCharles Paul CurranFor service to the community and commerceEmeritus Professor Arthur DelbridgeFor service to education, particularly in the field of linguistics and as editor-in-chief of the Macquarie DictionaryDr Judith Elizabeth DeyFor service to paediatrics, particularly in the field of developmental disabilitiesWilliam Leslie DixFor service to secondary industry, particularly the automotive industriesDr Kevin James FaganFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnel, to medicine and to the communityHis Excellency Roy Robert FernandezFor service as a diplomatSir Arthur Thomas GeorgeFor service to the community and to educationEmeritus Professor Louis GoldbergFor service to education, particularly in the field of accountingLydia Karola Ludewine HebestreitFor service to nursing educationDr John Keith HendersonFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurosurgeryHenry Percival HurrellFor service to the trade union movementRoger Kemp, For service to the artsDonald KingFor service to mining, particularly coal miningLady Dorothy Wolseley Macarthur-OnslowFor service to the community and to youthThomas Ernest MayFor service to industry and to the communityAlan Gordon McGregorFor service to the arts and to the communityCharles RothauserFor service to secondary industry particularly to the design and manufacturing of plasticsJames Harcourt ShepherdFor service to primary industry, particularly to the wool and sheep meat industriesJohn Robert ThomasFor public service particularly as chief executive of the Australian Industry Development CorporationJohn Bruce Thomson, For service to the coal mining industryDr Helen Alma Newton Turner, For service to science, particularly in the field of animal genetics and sheep breedingRonald Joseph Walker, For service to the community and to social welfareDr Leonard James WebbFor service to conservation, particularly in the field of rainforest ecology

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear Admiral Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn, For service to the Royal Australian Navy as a Marine Engineering Officer, particularly as the General Manager of Her Majesty's Australian Naval Dockyard, Garden IslandArmyMajor General Gordon John FitzgeraldFor service to the Australian Army as Chief of PersonnelMajor General Neville Robert Smethurst, For service to the Australian Army in the field of operational developmentAir ForceAir Commodore Richard William BradfordFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Officer Commanding, RAAF Air Base, Butterworth, Malaysia

Member (AM)

General Division